Company Behind West Virginia Chemical Spill Prepares to Face Claims of Those Affected

Freedom Industries Inc., the company behind a chemical spill that contaminated a significant swath of West Virginia's water supply, filed a creditor-payment plan that aims to start resolving the claims brought by those affected by the spill.

In a Monday filing with U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Charleston, W.Va., Freedom Industries provided an outline of its plan, on which creditors must eventually vote. That includes general unsecured...